Showing: Locarno
Locarno 2012 Diary: Tension and Release
In the eleventh of a series of articles from the Locarno Critics Academy, Michael Noredine calls Leviathan "the kind of film that creates an environment so visually and aurally complete as to be nearly indescribable."
Locarno 2012 Diary: Fearing Other People
In the tenth of a series of articles from the Locarno Critics Academy, Ari Gunnar Thorsteinsson looks at four festival selections that confront the alternate terrors of isolation and connection.
Locarno 2012 Diary: Locarno’s Northern Lights
In the ninth in a series of articles from the Locarno Critics Academy, Adam Cook reflects on the sole Canadian offerings at this year's festival.
Locarno 2012 Diary: Boy vs. Girl
In the eighth a series of articles from the Locarno Critics Academy, Beatrice Behn dissects the fraught gender dynamics of Ruby Sparks.
Locarno 2012 Diary: The Specter of Pornography
In the seventh of a series of articles from the Locarno Critics Academy, Celluloid Liberation Front discusses three different depictions of opportunism, exploitation, and obscenity.
Locarno 2012 Diary: Illusions Against Reality in Pablo Larraín’s “No”
In the sixth of a series of articles from the Locarno Critics Academy, Claudia Piwecki discusses the blending of history and fiction in this award-winning Chilean film starring Gael García Bernal.
Locarno 2012 Diary: My River Runs to Thee: New Films from Apichatpong Weerasethakul
In the sixth in a series of articles from the Locarno Critics Academy, Adam Cook discusses two quiet, contemplative shorts from the master Thai filmmaker.
Locarno 2012 Diary: Different Shades of the Male Ideal
In the fifth of a series of articles from the Locarno Critics Academy, Zeba Blay touches on heroic journeys, hard-boiled cops, and divergent visions of masculinity and authority.
Locarno 2012 Diary: Expectation and Discovery
In the fourth in a series of articles from the Locarno Critics Academy, Michael Nordine covers Berberian Sound Studio and Padroni di Casa.
Locarno 2012 Diary: Compliance and its Law Abiding Tormenters
In the third of a series of articles from the Locarno Critics Academy, Celluloid Liberation Front describes Compliance as "a monstrous story" that feels "urgent and timely."
